Contraception is free in Northern Ireland.
You can obtain advice, contraception and emergency contraception from your GP.
There are also other services in Northern Ireland which provide advice and contraception, including sexual and reproductive health clinics, the online contraception service (SH24), and a young person’s service such as Common Youth.
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Online service
Contraception, including emergency contraception, oral contraception and other forms, can be ordered online through SH:24.
- Online service: SH:24
SH:24 Free Home STI STD Test | Sexual & Reproductive Health (sh24.org.uk)
- Online service: SH:24
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Sexual and reproductive health clinics
These clinics are available in every Trust area. They are also known as contraceptive clinics.
- Belfast Trust
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Service – Belfast Health & Social Care Trust - Northern Trust
Contraceptive Services – Northern Health and Social Care Trust - South Eastern Trust
Sexual Health Service – South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust - Southern Trust
Contraception Clinic – Southern Health & Social Care Trust - Western Trust
Sexual Health – Western Health & Social Care Trust
- Belfast Trust
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Young person's service
Common Youth provides free, confidential sexual health services for young people aged 24 and under. Common Youth has clinics based in Belfast and Coleraine. Young people living across NI can access the service
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Local C-Card condom distribution scheme providers
Condoms and lubricants are available for free for young people aged 16-25 years. The C-Card initiative aims to ensure that young people are safe and informed when it comes to their sexual health and have all the practical support they need.
What is C-Card?
The C-Card (Condom Distribution) scheme is a confidential sexual health service for young people aged 16 – 25 years in Northern Ireland. The scheme provides free condoms, lubricants, information support and advice at convenient times and in a variety of locations across local communities.
What happens when you attend a local C-Card provider?
- Registration: when you attend one of the local C-Card provider sites you will be registered for a C-Card. This includes being shown how to use a condom.
- Issue: once the C-Card is issued, you are entitled to an agreed number of free supplies from any participating Registration Site. Packs generally contain six to ten condoms, a supply of lubricant, written instructions, and details of local sexual and reproductive health services.
- Review: after receiving supplies an agreed number of times, the young person must return to a Registration Site where their sexual health circumstances will be reviewed.
BELFAST (BHSCT)
Doyle Youth Club
29 Mountpottinger Road
Belfast BT5 4LA
Email: joe.ferris@eani.org.ukHYPE – Hype Team
Ground Floor
Shankill Well-Being & Treatment Centre
83 Shankill Road
Belfast BT13 1FD
Email: marguerite.mcconvey@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Ciara.Morgan@belfasttrust.hscni.net
gemma.maguire@belfasttrust.hscni.net
Telephone: 028 9504 4004North Belfast Youth Resource Centre
97 Woodvale Road
Belfast BT13 3BP
Email: sarahlouise.harper@eani.org.ukNORTHERN (NHSCT)
CAFRE Greenmount Campus
45 Tirgracy Road
Antrim BT41 4PS
Email: fionnula.mccourt@daera-ni.gov.ukCAFRE Loughry Campus
76 Dungannon Road
Cookstown BT80 9AE
Email: judith.mullan@daera-ni.gov.ukCarrick YMCA
YMCA Carrickfergus
30-34 Irish Quarter West
Carrickfergus BT38 8AT
Email Sarah or Cormac: info@carrickymca.org
Telephone: 028 9335 5890Northern Regional College
Leo Meenan
Northern Regional College
22 Moneymore Road
Magherafelt BT45 6AE
Email: leo.meenan@nrc.ac.uk
Telephone: 02879 63 24 62Northern Regional College
Seán Fisher (Student Services)
Northern Regional College
Union Street, Coleraine BT52 1QA
Email: sean.fisher@nrc.ac.uk
Telephone: 0333 034 8197Start 360
Start360
2-6 Wellington Street
Ballymena BT43 6AE
Email: info@start360.org
Telephone: 028 2568 9356SOUTH EASTERN (SEHSCT)
North Down YMCA
YMCA North Down
10-12 High Street
Bangor, BT20 5AY
Email: info@northdownymca.org
anna@northdownymca.org
Telephone: 028 9145 4290Resurgam Healthy Living Centre
Resurgam Healthy Living Centre
69 Drumbeg Drive
Lisburn BT28 1QJ
Email: gillian.lewis@resurgamtrust.co.uk
clare.parker@resurgamtrust.co.uk
Telephone: 028 9267 0755Simon Community
41-45 Central Avenue
Bangor, BT20 3AW
Email: adelemcburney@simoncommunity.org
nataliabrannigan@simoncommunity.org
wendymccabe@simoncommunity.org
Telephone: 028 9146 9223SOUTHERN (SHSCT)
Futureproof NI
Futureproof NI
Youth Engagement Service
3 Enville Court
Banbridge BT32 4AX
Email: lucinda@futureproofni.org
michael@futureproofni.org
Shauney@futureproofni.org
Telephone: 028 4062 4511Magnet
Magnet Young Adult Centre,
Youth Engagement Service,
81A Hill Street, Newry, BT34 1DG
Email: yes.magnetyac@gmail.com
Telephone: 028 3026 9070Southern Health Hub
Across all FE campuses in the Southern Area
The Health Hub | Southern Health & Social Care Trust (hscni.net)
Email: Health.Hub@southerntrust.hscni.net
Telephone: 077 8743 2845Southern Regional College
7 Lonsdale Road
Armagh BT61 7JX
Email: mcconvillea@src.ac.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 1223Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Available within two
service areas in SHSCT at present. If you, or a young person you work with, would like to avail of the scheme and are getting support from either the SHSCT Family Nurse Partnership or SHSCT 16+ team, please get in touch.
Telephone: 028 3756 4632Children in Care (Specialist Nurse for Looked After Children)
Telephone: 028 30832252Youth Justice Agency
Youth Justice Agency
15a Castlewellan Road
Banbridge, BT32 4AX
Email: Catriona.Cullen@justice-ni.gov.uk
bernadette.McDowell@justice-ni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 4062 1043WESTERN (WHSCT)
CAFRE Enniskillen Campus
Levaghy
Enniskillen BT74 4GF
Email: michelle.mckenna@daera-ni.gov.uk
michelle.bradley@daera-ni.gov.ukNorth West Regional College
North West Regional College
Strand Rd
Derry/Londonderry BT48 7AL
Email: Fiona.McCallion@nwrc.ac.uk
Shannon.Doherty@nwrc.ac.uk
Telephone: 028 7127 6000North West Youth Service
North West Youth Service
Youth Engagement Service
Our Space, 35 Shipquay Street
Derry BT48 6DL
Email: Danielle.yes@nwys.ie
Peter.yes@nwys.ie
Noel.yes@nwys.ie
Telephone: 077 5485 6792The Find Centre
The FIND Centre
27c East Bridge Street
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, BT74 7BW
Email: info@thefindcentre.com
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Community pharmacy - Pharmacy First for morning after pill
The morning after pill is available from the majority of pharmacies across Northern Ireland. If you are aged 13 or older, you can now get the morning after pill free from participating pharmacies.
When using this service, you will receive a private and confidential consultation with the pharmacist without the need to make an appointment. The pharmacist will provide sexual health advice on the risks of getting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and how to obtain free tests if needed.
Along with providing free emergency contraception, the pharmacist will give you advice about regular methods of contraception. They may also give you a free three months’ supply of the contraceptive pill.
- Community pharmacies across NI. Find your nearest pharmacy Pharmacy First – DOH/HSCNI Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG)